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The Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) is providing research funding to researchers based at SIPR member universities. These innovative and original research projects will contribute to SIPR Strategic Research Priorities overall but will focus on the challenges and emerging issues related to our third strategic aim “Policing systems, capability, and resilience”.
There are increasing and changing demands on policing with evidence of increasing complexity for response, investigations and ensuring best practice to support the public and communities. The level and pace of change in policing presents both opportunities and challenges including:
The Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland are committed to development and support of our workforce, with a strategic outcome in the overarching Strategic Police Plan focused on supporting our people through a positive working environment to enable them to serve the public. Applicants may also wish to consider how their proposals align with underpinning Policing research priorities in this area:
If you would like to discuss the suitability of your project idea to ensure it would be appropriate for the remit of this grant, please contact either:
Professor Denise Martin (SIPR Associate Director and leader of the Education and Leadership Network – D.Martin@abertay.ac.uk), or
Monica Craig (SIPR Knowledge Exchange and Business Manager (m.craig2@napier.ac.uk)
Applications are welcome from any academic member of staff based at one of the 14 SIPR member universities. We encourage interdisciplinary partnerships and proposals can be submitted by a single institution or across member institutions (and can include national and international academic and non-academic partners). Additionally, creative ideas which engage practitioners with research are particularly encouraged.
A total of £50,000 will be available, however, the maximum SIPR contribution per application will be limited to £20,000 (including VAT). Applications for smaller relevant projects are also welcomed as are proposals which include co-funding from other sources.
To ensure the excellence of all SIPR funded research, SIPR will subject all applications to a robust assessment process in two stages. The review stage will include assessment by an independent panel comprising of senior national and international academics, as well as senior officers from the policing system. Reviewers will be asked to score against predefined criteria including:
Applicants are required to complete the SIPR application form including the following information:
Only one application is permitted from the same applicant for this call. The PI can be included as a Co-investigator in one further application as long as the two applications are not linked.
Successful applicants will be required to enter into a funding agreement with SIPR. Funding will be provided on commencement of the project and again at each reporting milestone (i.e. interim research and finance report and at final research report). The final research report will be published by SIPR and SIPR will be acknowledged in all media and publications resulting from the project.
Applicants will also be required to report where SIPR funding has enabled the generation of external income as well as where SIPR funded research has been included as an impact case study.
Project awarded under this grant will not cover the following costs:
A letter of support from Police Scotland/ Scottish Police Authority (or the relevant external body) should be sought where the project will require access to personnel or data. Please ensure you make contact with Police Scotland’s Research and Insight Team (AcademicResearch@scotland.pnn.police.uk) as soon as possible to ensure the project’s feasibility. Please be advised, Police Scotland will require at least two weeks’ notice for all requests.
All applications will be subject to a robust assessment process involving two review stages. The first stage subjects all applications to independent review through a panel which consisting of senior academics within Scotland, senior international academics, and senior officer from the policing system. No reviewers are selected from institutes where the prospective projects will be hosted.
Following assessment by the review panel, applicants will be provided with an opportunity to respond to the initial reviewer comments through the rejoinder process (please note scores will not be provided). This is not mandatory, but should you wish to provide a response to reviewer comments, your rejoinder will be considered along with the reviewer’s assessments of your evaluation.
The final stage involves assessment by the awarding panel who are responsible for selecting the successful grants. The awarding panel consists of an Independent Academic Chair (selected from a Scottish HEI), Senior Police Officers and Police staff; Senior members of the Scottish Police Authority; and members of the SIPR Leadership Team as appropriate.
Below is an indicative timetable for key dates in the application, award and deliverable process. Please note these dates may be subject to change.
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Funding call launched
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Tuesday 5 July 2022
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Deadline to submit applications
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Wednesday 30 September
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Applications sent to reviewers
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Start October 2022
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Reviewers return comments
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Start November 2022
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Reviewer comments provided to applicants for rejoinder
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Start November 2022
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Rejoinders returned from applicants
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Mid November 2022
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Applications sent to Award Panel
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End November 2022
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Award panel meet
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Mid December 2022
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Decisions announced
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Mid December 2022
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Latest start date for successful projects
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1 Feb 2023
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Latest completion date for successful projects
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30 July 2024
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